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laddering

6.8

A long unravelling line in knitted clothes, often in stockings

noun

: corrección

She was disappointed to find laddering in her favorite pair of tights after just one use.

Examples

To prevent laddering, some people apply clear nail polish to the edges of a run.
The store offered advice on how to repair minor laddering in knitted garments.
I noticed a small laddering in my new tights.
Her laddering made the stockings unwearable.
She was disappointed to find laddering in her favorite pair of tights after just one use.
To prevent laddering, some people apply clear nail polish to the edges of a run.
I noticed a small laddering in my new tights.

Synonyms

run

vsladdering

11 8.2

A long line where stitches in a stocking come undone

focuses on the action of forming the long unravelled line rather than single rows

ladder

vsladdering

8 7.6

A long run in tights or stockings where threads come undone

describes the formation process rather than the finished line

Antonyms

mending

11 1.6

The act of fixing clothes or pieces of cloth that need repair

How Damaged

laddering

6.8

snag

3 4.1

Surface Forms

laddering singular

ladderings plural

Morphology

laddering = ladder (transparent) = ladder + ing

Direct nominal/gerund formation from the verb 'ladder' with the ordinary meaning 'the formation of runs in knitted fabric', which is straightforward for learners who know the verb.

Etymology

Laddering comes from ladder, because a small run in knitted fabric makes long lines that look like a ladder's 'rungs'. So, laddering means the fabric has started to open into a long, ladder-like run.